Here is a digest of some of the Club’s current projects:
Memorial Gates
The Memorial gates have had a long history in the Narre Warren club. 20
years ago the club was instrumental in the location of the gates to the area now
taken up by the Casey Aquatic Recreation Centre. In 2003 in conjunction with the City
of Casey and the Berwick RSL the club again was involved in the location and
re-dedication of the gates at the new site opposite the City of Casey offices.
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Anzac Day Breakfast
For more than fifteen years, Narre Warren Rotarians have prepared a cooked
breakfast for people attending the dawn service in Narre Warren on ANZAC Day.
This year we catered for almost two hundred veterans, family members, local
councillors, MPs, heads of various organisations and members of the public.
The dawn service was held for the first time this year at the relocated Narre
Warren Memorial Gates (see above), and the breakfast followed in the City of
Casey’s main dining room. This long established community service
attracts, (or should we say, ‘extracts’), most members and partners from their
early morning slumbers on this significant day in Australia’s history.
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An initiative of the Rotary Club of Narre Warren some
20 years ago, the Berwick Highland Gathering is held each February and up to twenty bands from the Victorian Highland Pipes & Drums Association compete.
Other events such as the
‘heavy games’ augment the day’s proceedings. The Highland Gathering is a feature event on the City of Casey’s calendar in each year and Rotary Club of Narre Warren members head up the organising committee and provide logistical support on the day of the gathering.
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Christmas Trailer Raffle
Held at the
Westfield Fountain Gate Shoppingtown, the trailer is stocked with appealing merchandise and is a popular attraction for Christmas shoppers each year.
Over the years, tens of thousands of dollars raised have benefited the local community. Ticket selling is aided by the generous support of the Narre Warren Senior Citizens’ Club.
Raffle Draw 2006 Westfield Fountain Gate
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Annual Business Luncheon
Featuring prominent guest speakers, this event has been staged for almost twenty years.
It provides an opportunity for community leaders to participate in a luncheon that enjoys considerable support and is a feature of the Club’s vocational
service program in each year.
Business Dinner 2006
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Charity Golf Day
This event has been staged for the last five years and is supported by local members of Victoria Police.
Local charities are the recipients of funds raised at this popular event.
The Red Taxi Mass confusion Who said playing gold was hard?
What's this little
stash? They smell real good !! Corporate
Support
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Norman J Barr Award
This vocational award was initiated in
1996/97 to honour the name of the late Norm Barr, a past president and committed Rotarian who died in 1994.
An award is made to a student in electronics at Chisholm
Institute (Berwick) who is judged to
have been ‘outstanding’ in a particular year.
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Jack Nobelius Award
Named after a late, much-respected member of the local community, the award consists of a presentation of books to a different local primary school each year.
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Harkaway Cemetery
A recent and ongoing project, it involves regular maintenance and improvements at this historic cemetery.
Bell
Tower Gates Seat
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Herb Thomas Memorial Trust
The Trust perpetuates the name of the editor and publisher of the
Pakenham-Berwick Gazette who died in 1979.
Herb Thomas was the son of the founder of what is today one of Victoria’s leading regional
newspapers. The trustees are representatives of the City of Casey, the Shire of Cardinia and the Rotary Clubs of Berwick, Narre Warren and Pakenham.
The Rotary Club of Endeavour Hills is an official supporter of the Trust. Each year, awards are made at a presentation dinner to students/graduates in the fields of journalism, printing and the graphic arts.
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Past Projects
BBQ Shelter Wilson Botanic Gardens
Erected
by club members in 1989 as a Community Service.
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Tree
Located
adjacent the Casey City offices it was planted on 29 January 1997 by then
District Governor James Webb and Club President Ray Stewart to commemorate the
50th Anniversary of the death of Paul Harris the founder of Rotary honouring a
legacy of Service.
Celebrating 100
Years of Rotary
Sundial 100 tree avenue Is this the first hole 1 !!!
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